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#1 User is offline   lesh 

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Posted 2013-December-06, 02:53




Q lead.
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Posted 2013-December-06, 04:27

View Postlesh, on 2013-December-06, 02:53, said:




Q lead.

Tricky hand.

I would not guard against a 6-1 spade break, which will not work anyway if East has three trumps.
West probably has all relevant honors. This means you start with 3 losers and you must try to keep control of the hand.
Finesses in clubs and hearts here look futile and are losing options, but chances must be good that the K will drop in two or three rounds.
Accordingly try to find out more about the club distribution and duck a club at trick 2 (key play).
Use the aces in hand to ruff a third club and to play a diamond towards dummy.
If a club or spade comes back win and ruff a club next to find out whether the king drops.
If a trump comes back, win the A and play first a diamond towards dummy and come back to the A to ruff a club.
If West goes in with the A and can draw three rounds of trumps, West must have king third in trumps and the K should drop in three rounds.
If the K drops in three rounds, start drawing trumps after you played first one round of diamonds towards dummy.
If neither the K drops in three rounds nor the K on the A, West should be 5=2=2=4 and you can duck a diamond towards the bare ace.
If a spade is returned you can cash the second diamond honor in dummy since West can only ruff with the K.
Ruff the fourth club with the J and finesse towards the 9.

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Posted 2013-December-06, 07:01

North doubled 1? Odd. But you might reach the same spot starting with 1-p-p-x.

As for the play, I can't add anything to Rainer's analysis.
Life is long and beautiful, if bad things happen, good things will follow.
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Posted 2013-December-06, 11:05

North doubled 1? Odd. But you might reach the same spot starting with 1-p-p-x.

*** How can he handle likely developments?? With a 13!!!???

As for the play, I can't add anything to Rainer's analysis. -- billw55

*** Well done, Rainer
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Posted 2013-December-07, 03:59

View Postrhm, on 2013-December-06, 04:27, said:

duck a club at trick 2 ...
If a trump comes back, win the A and play first a diamond towards dummy and come back to the A to ruff a club.
If West goes in with the A and can draw three rounds of trumps, West must have king third in trumps and the K should drop in three rounds.

Or, to be precise, it will drop in three rounds after you have cashed two more diamonds, which will trump squeeze West if he was 5=3=1=4.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2013-December-07, 14:23


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